Huge win for car owners! All TSBs to be made public.
The Center for Auto Safety just made the NHTSA (US Government) make public the full text of all TSBs from now on. They are the same organization that has petitioned the NHTSA & filed lawsuits to protect car owners over exploding gas tanks & other major safety issues.
Whenever you drive in your car, you are safer thanks in part to a lot of work over the years by this small but very effective consumer advocacy group.

Grand Caravan

Grand Caravan

Automatic transmission

30,500 miles

: the contact stated while stopped at a red light with the brake pedal depressed, the vehicle suddenly accelerated and crashed. The vehicle impacted the rear of another vehicle. The contact's vehicle only received minor damage to the front bumper. The police were not contacted and no injuries reported. The vehicle was driven away from the scene; however the vehicle has not been inspected and no repairs made.

Grand Caravan 6-cyl

Automatic transmission

miles

Speedometer was operating erratically. Sometimes it worked fine, sometimes it raced from 0 to 120 mph, moving back and forth rapidly, and sometimes it rested on 0 mph while car was in motion. When stopped at stop sign and / or red light and while vehicle in gear, van sometimes stalled. Van often stalled when moving in reverse. Feared that vehicle would lose power at high speed, resulting in a collision. Dealer worked on van for one full day. Returned van claiming that problem was corrected; replaced output speed sensor. Within five minutes after leaving dealer, speedometer began moving erratically again. Vehicle has been with dealer for over one week. Dealer claimed that speedometer would not act up for them long enough to determine problem. Dealer wanted loner vehicle returned, butowner refused; not until problem was corrected. Vehicle purchased June 2001 and had less than 29000 miles when malfunction was noticed -- early October 2003.

About CarComplaints.com

CarComplaints.com is an online automotive complaint resource that uses graphs to show automotive defect patterns, based on complaint data submitted by visitors to the site. The complaints are organized into groups with data published by vehicle, vehicle component, and specific problem.

What's wrong with YOUR car?™

"Autobeef", "What's Wrong With YOUR Car?" & "The Truth About Cars" are trademarks of Autobeef LLC, All rights reserved.

Add A Link

Links must be helpful to the general public & to a specific resource (like a forum thread), or they will be deleted when we review your link suggestion. Don't waste your time wasting ours! If you are interested in advertising a for-profit service, contact us.

URLPlease type the entire URL including the 'http://...'TitleDescriptionYour Email Address